Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report
A 77-year-old man was admitted to the internal medicine department for a 5-day history of progressive preauricular swelling. Two lines of antibiotic treatment failed to achieve any improvement. Fine needle aspiration cytology was conducted and smear staining with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain as well as a...
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doaj-ca983245218a47d6b6e7b750ba1badf62020-11-25T03:24:41ZengSMC MEDIA SRLEuropean Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine2284-25942020-02-0110.12890/2020_0015051159Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case ReportNoel Lorenzo Villalba0Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz1Zaida Cordoba Sosa2Saturnino Suárez Ortega3Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar4Service de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceInternal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainInternal Medicine Department, Fuerteventura General Hospital, Puerto del Rosario, SpainInternal Medicine Department, Dr Negrin University Hospital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, SpainService de Médecine Interne, Diabète et Maladies Métaboliques, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, FranceA 77-year-old man was admitted to the internal medicine department for a 5-day history of progressive preauricular swelling. Two lines of antibiotic treatment failed to achieve any improvement. Fine needle aspiration cytology was conducted and smear staining with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain as well as a PCR test were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These results were confirmed with culture of the sample. A diagnosis of tuberculosis parotitis was made and anti-tuberculous drugs were initiated.https://www.ejcrim.com/index.php/EJCRIM/article/view/1505parotid tuberculosisinflammatory swellingmycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Noel Lorenzo Villalba Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz Zaida Cordoba Sosa Saturnino Suárez Ortega Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine parotid tuberculosis inflammatory swelling mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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Noel Lorenzo Villalba Maria Belen Alonso Ortiz Zaida Cordoba Sosa Saturnino Suárez Ortega Abrar-Ahmad Zulfiqar |
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Noel Lorenzo Villalba |
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Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report |
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Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report |
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Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report |
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Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report |
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Tuberculosis as a Cause of Rapid Salivary Gland Swelling in the Elderly – A Case Report |
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tuberculosis as a cause of rapid salivary gland swelling in the elderly – a case report |
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SMC MEDIA SRL |
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European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine |
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2284-2594 |
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2020-02-01 |
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A 77-year-old man was admitted to the internal medicine department for a 5-day history of progressive preauricular swelling. Two lines of antibiotic treatment failed to achieve any improvement. Fine needle aspiration cytology was conducted and smear staining with the Ziehl-Neelsen stain as well as a PCR test were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis. These results were confirmed with culture of the sample. A diagnosis of tuberculosis parotitis was made and anti-tuberculous drugs were initiated. |
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parotid tuberculosis inflammatory swelling mycobacterium tuberculosis |
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